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GB0154 DRMC Northamptonshire Record Office This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 21387 The National Archives NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD OFFICE DAVENTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT INTRODUCTION Wesleyan Methodism was first introduced into the Daventry area with the formation of a society in the village of Norton, about 1788. This was shortly followed by a Daventry society, in 1797, which met in a meeting house in New Street and later built the methodist chapel in Chapel Lane, 1801. This chapel was soon closed, to be used for a school, and a new chapel, in Cow Lane, was erected in 1824. As Methodism spread throughout the locality, new chapels were erected in the villages of Braunston- 1798, West Haddon 1810 (re-erected 1847), Weedon 1811, Norton 1818, Hellidon 1820, Watford 1842, Welton 1858 and Charwelton 1887. These chapels joined the Rugby Circuit in 1806, to become the Daventry and Rugby Circuit which continued until 1860, when Rugby and some villages broke away to form a separate Rugby Circuit, the remainder forming the Daventry Circuit. This circuit consisted of chapels at Braunston, Charwelton, Daventry, Flecknoe (Warwickshire), West Haddon, Hellidon, Norton, Priors Marston (Warwickshire), Watford, Weedon, Welton and Willoughby (Warwick shire) . In 1931 the chapel at West Haddon was sold. This was followed by the closure of Charwelton in 1932 and later Welton 1950, Flecknoe, Hellidon and Watford 1966, Weedon 1970 and Priors Marston 1973. The four chapels still left in the Daventry Circuit amal gamated with the larger Rugby Circuit in 1976 to form the Daventry and Rugby Circuit. This consisted of nineteen chapels, although those at Braunston, Norton and Willoughby have applied for sale. Note: the current 1977 Daventry and Rugby Circuit consists of the chapels at Bilton, Bilton House, New Bilton, Braunston, Broadwell, Clifton, Daventry, Dunchurch, Grandborough, Lilbourne, Long Lawford, Lutterworth, Newbold, Paddox, Rugby Cambridge Street, Rugby Market Place, Rugby Wesley Road, Shawell and Stretton. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD OFFICE DAVENTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT Accession 1977/296 CIRCUIT 1/1-65 Circuit plans 1958-1975, 1977 1958-1977 2 Circuit schedule book 1953-1970 3 Local preachers minute book 1912-1963 4 Quarterly minute book 1930-1943 Includes: Overseas Missions report, 1940 and two letters to the secretary of the Quarterly Meetings, 1945 5 Quarterly minute book 1943-1961 6 Womens Work Committee minute book 1940-1972 At front: lis t of Circuit Committee representatives, 1941-1942 7 Account book for collections and 1958-1970 allocations 8 Bundle of accounts and correspondence 1970-1971 (from 7) 9 Bundle of receipts, 1958,1963-1969 1958-1969 CHAPELS Braunston 10 Report on inspection of Braunston Church 1972 property (1) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD OFFICE DAVENTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT CHAPELS (cont.) Charwelton 11 Correspondence about sale of Charwelton 1929-1932 Church Daventry 12 Correspondence and accounts about George 1956-1975 White's Legacy to the church Flecknoe (Warwickshire) (see also 31) 13(a) Correspondence about sale of chapel 1949-1967 Includes: application to sell chapel, 1965, recommendation from Local Preachers meeting to Quarterly meeting to close chapel, 1965 13(b) Insurance policy for school - chapel 1949 V/est Haddon 14(a) Certificate of worship 1854 14(b) Correspondence about sale of trust property 1899-1907 14(c) Application for grant to chapel and school 1906 room 14(d) Charity C ommission document 1907 14(e) Correspondence about Mrs. Beckett's Legacy 1908 14(f) Certificate for solemnization of marriages 1911 and a cheque 14(g) Correspondence about sale of organ 1924 14(h) Application for sale of chapel 1930 14(i) Correspondence about sale of chapel 1930-1931 (2) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD OFFICE DAVENTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT CHAPELS (cont.) West Haddon (cont.) 14(j) Correspondence about war stock belonging 1961-1962 to the trust 14(k) Letter to the minister from the Home Mission 1968 department Hellidon 15(a) Correspondence about sale of chapel, 1965, 1965-1968 1967-1968 Includes: application to sell chapel, 1965 and correspondence from solicitors, 1968 15(b) Insurance policy for chapel 1951 15(c) Schedule of deeds and documents for chapel 1967 Trustees minutes are included with those for 1965 Watford Chapel (see 31) Norton 16 Report on inspection of Norton Chapel 1972 Priors Marston (Warwickshire) 17 Trustees minute book, 1858-1859, ' 1884, 1857-1934 1889-1934 At front: history of chapel, 1857; Chapel Committee meetings minutes, 1857 Includes reports on anniversary services, 1859-1890; new trust deed, 1884; register of marriages, 1897; permission to use Moravian chapel for afternoon services,1900 18 Trustees minute book 1935-1972 At front: Church minutes, 1935 19 Bundle including inventory of chapel; 1972 minutes of annual trust meeting, 1972 and correspondence, 1972 (from 18) (3) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD OFFICE DAVENTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT CHAPELS (cont.) Priors Marston (cont.) 20 Trust account book 1936-1972 At back: bank deposit account, 1950-1952 21 Bundle of receipts (from 20) 1971-1972 22 Certificate for solemnization of marriages 1896 23 Certificate of worship 1896 24 Appointment of trustees 1920 25 Correspondence from Wesleyan Chapel Committee 1920 about trust appointments 26 Appointment of trustees and resignations 1940-1941 27 Insurance policy for chapel 1937 28(a) Bundle of correspondence about boundaries 1961-1962 of chapel 28(b) Letter about installation of heating 1969 29 Bundle of correspondence about sale of 1972-1973 chapel: application for sale, 1972; statutory declaration by Mrs. G.N. Waddup relating to the chapel, 1972; lis t of deeds belonging to the chapel Watford 30 Trustees minute book 1924-1953 List of trustees at front 31 Trustees minute book 1965-1968 Includes trustees minutes for Hellidon, 1965-1968 and accounts for Flecknoe trust, 1967 32 Account book 1933-1965 (4) NORTHAMPTONSHIKE RECORD OFFICE DAVENTRT METHODIST CIRCUIT CHAPELS (cont.) Watford (cont.) 33 Midland Bank book for the trustees account 1951-1967 34 Application for sale of chapel and letter 1965 of consent 35(a) Correspondence about sale of chapel 1966-1969 35(b) Letter and sketch map from surveyors about 1953 a proposed sewer to run through churchyard wall from Post Office Weedon 36 Trustees minute book 1932-1969 37 Trust account book 1935-1963 At back: letter about repairs after flood damage, 1932 38 Correspondence and documents about appoint 1862-1940 ment of trustees 39 Bundle containing minutes and letter about 1886-1890 alterations to chapel Includes: seating estimate, 1886 and bil l for repairs, 1890 40 Letters about resignations of trustees, 1920-1948 1920, 1932, 1948 41 Insurance policy, 1937, with endorsement, 1937-1947 1947 42 Bundle of correspondence about sale of 1969-1974 chapel: application and letter of consent for sale of chapel, 1969; sanction for' sale of chapel and caretaker's house, 1970; correspondence from solicitors, 1970-1974; trustees statement, n.d. (5) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD OFFICE DAVENTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT CHAPELS '(cont.) Welton 43 Trustees minute book 1895-1901 one meeting, 1895 and accounts, 1901 At back: article about chapel renovations, n.d. 44 Trustees minute book 1924-1926 At front: grant from Methodist chapel committee, 1924 45 Bill and receipt for conveyance of chapel 1839 46 Insurance policy for chapel 1924 47 Certificate of worship 1936 48 Financial statement from solicitors after 1950 completion of sale of chapel 49 Miscellaneous correspondence 1923-1949 letter from trustees about nomination of trustees, 1923; letter of resignation from a trustee, 1925; letter to solicitors about sale of chapel, 1949 Willoughby (Warwickshire) 50 Account book 1899-1949 At back: minutes of trustees meetings, 1908-1949 Miscellaneous (chapel not stated) 51 Seat rent account book 1822-1831 Includes accounts, 1828-1831 At back: entries for cash paid to trustees, 1830-1831 November 1977 (6) SEP 1936 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD OFFICE DAVENTRY AND RUGBY METHODIST CIRCUITS Accessions: 1982/68 & 188 1983/150 1985/27 & 345 Note: see also list of DAVENTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT RECORDS (Acc. 1977/296), including records for the chapels at Braunston, Charwelton, Daventry, Flecknoe (Warwicks)', West Haddon, Hellidon, Norton, Priors Marston (Warwicks), Watford, Weedon, Welton and Willoughby (Warwicks) CONTENTS CIRCUITS DRMC DAVENTRY CIRCUIT 1956-1975 13-17 LUTTERWORTH WESLEYAN 1885-1886 21-22 CIRCUIT RUGBY P.M. CIRCUIT Baptism registers 1851-(1964) 8-9 1860-1870 11 Trustees 1860-1934 23-31 Reports and schedules 1879-1899 32-33 Photograph album 34 Circuit plans 1861-1930 35-105 b RUGBY WESLEYAN CIRCUIT Later RUGBY METHODIST CIRCUIT Baptism registers 1840-1903 , 1-6 Marriage, register 1860-1899 7 Register of members c.1900 106 CONTENTS cont. CIRCUITS DRMC RUGBY WESLEYAN CIRCUIT cont Quarterly circuit minutes 1860-1965 107-111 Finance committee minutes 1925-1950 114 Circuit bazaar committee 1918-1951 115-116 minutes Circuit youth committee 1950-1966 117 minutes Sub-committee for 1954-1956 120 evangelical campaign Stewards accounts 1878-1965 121-126, 132 1971-1981 871 Contributions to 1879 131 Wesleyan Methodist Thanksgiving fund Circuit schedules and 1860-1979 133-148, Statistical summaries 152-156 Insurance policies, etc (c.l880)-1976 157 Local preachers minutes 1860-1924 112-113 Circuit plans 1862-1980 161-490 Circuit plans and 1970-1971 668-669 directories Wesleyan Missionary 1848-1946 127-130 Society accounts Home Missions, papers (c.1960-1980) 149-150 and schedules Reports on day and 1869-1891 491-493 Sunday schools Admission register 1875-1909 494 Miscellaneous 1891-1975 497-506 1933 894 Association of Non- 118 Conformists , Rugby, minutes 1885-1900 Rugby and District Free 1946-1953 119 Church Council minutes CONTENTS cont. CIRCUITS DRMC RUGBY AND DAVENTRY METHODIST CIRCUIT (formed 1975) Stewards accounts 1975-1981 871 Trust property and 1976-1979 148 financial schedules Schedules of home missions 1975-1979 149 Circuit plans 1975-1980 470-490 Booklet of street plans, 1976 831 etc Photographs of chapels 1981 507-532 RUGBY AND LUTTERWORTH P.M.